In the inner hall of the Liangyi Palace, today's atmosphere is particularly depressing, and Yang Jian, who has always been thrifty, uncharacteristically ordered the attendants to light all the oil lamps in the hall in broad daylight, and the flickering candles reflected the expressions on everyone's faces, and Yang Jian's eyes were fully captured.

Compared with the last meeting, Gao Xi, Yang Su, and Su Wei, the three prime ministers, are all there, and Yuan Min and Yuan Guan, the two generals of the left and right guards, are absent today, Wang Shichong and Zhang Xutuo have the lowest status, standing aside, Shi Wansui changed into a court dress and stood in the hall, Yang Jian is still dressed last time, but the dragon robe has been replaced by a thicker winter coat, Wang Shichong can even see that there are two patches in the big sleeves of the dragon robe in his gestures.

It's just that Wang Shichong's head didn't dare to raise at this moment, Yang Jian's anger was erupting like a volcano, and he said in a deep voice to Shi Wansui: "Shi Zhuguo, last time you said in your recital to me, the thief leader in Ningzhou has already surrendered, and Ningzhou no longer has the strength to rebel, and it can be peaceful for a long time in the future, but why has it only been two months, and the rebellion in Ningzhou has started again?" ”

Shi Wansui knelt on the hall, bowed his head, and there was a trace of panic in his voice: "The minister is careless, I didn't expect that the kindness of the court will not be able to influence these barbarians, and the minister is willing to lead the troops to fight again and exterminate all these treacherous barbarians!"

Yang Jian's eyebrows were upside down, his eyes were wide, he stood up suddenly, picked up a copy of the book on the case, threw it heavily in front of Shi Wansui, and said loudly: "Take a good look, this is the Song of Shu King Yang Xiu, which clearly says that you Shi Wansui received gold before privately releasing the enemy chieftain, and also said that you Shi Wansui accepted the country's favor in vain and did not want to repay the country." There is no minister's temperament. How. Do you want to deny it now? ”

Shi Wansui's hands began to tremble, he picked up the fold on the ground, looked at it carefully, and then shouted: "Your Majesty, you are wronged!" Weichen received the grace of the country, took charge of the crusade army, worked tirelessly, and pursued for thousands of miles. Finally captured the enemy chieftain, these are real things, the reason why the most Lu Hou let go of the Fu Hui brothers, is completely due to the fact that the people of Ningzhou are not attached, or to leave the Fu Hui brothers who have ruled Ningzhou for hundreds of years, so as to help unite the locals, this time the Fu Hui rebelled again, it must be the soldiers left in the local area by the King of Shu who were corrupt in military discipline, rape and loot everywhere, and rob the property of the locals. Later, in the name of quelling the rebellion of the Bashu fangs, the defenders were withdrawn, and His Majesty was asked to investigate!"

Yang Jian snorted heavily: "I have obviously made a will. I also sent a messenger to send a message urgently, and I want you to bring the two thieves back to the capital, Fu Hui and Ji Zhen, what did you do? The army set out to conquer Ningzhou, I thought that the soldiers were exposed to the hardships of the deep mountains and wilderness, the food was unpleasant, and the sleep was not good, but because of that bit of gold, the results of the bloody battles of tens of thousands of soldiers were ruined, are you worthy of the country's kindness to you? ”

Shi Wansui hurriedly raised his head, his face was pale, and he still defended: "Your Majesty, Weichen is really out of a public heart, until Weichen crosses the Lushui, and the edict under His Majesty arrives, at this time, Weichen has already released the planing brothers back to the tribe, and it is impossible to go back to arrest people." Weichen really didn't accept the gold of Nanban, Your Majesty must not listen to unsubstantiated words!"

Yang Jian was so angry that he slapped the big case: "I thought that you Shi Wansui was a good person, even if you had a history of rebellion last time, I still forgave you and let you become an official in the Supreme Pillar Kingdom, but I didn't expect you to die without repentance, and you are still here to deceive the king, my problem has already been investigated clearly, do you think I don't know the way about your sinking gold and Lushui?" Long live Shi, don't take everyone else for a fool!"

Yang Jian said, his beard fluttered without wind, and he turned his head to Yang Su on the side and said loudly: "Tomorrow will kill Shi Banzai!"

Shi Wansui was so frightened that the three souls lost the second soul this time, and he couldn't care about defending himself anymore, kowtowing like garlic: "Your Majesty, surrender to the crime, the minister did accept the gold of the planing before privately arsoning with the enemy, all blame the minister for being greedy for a while, which caused a big disaster, and please remember the minister's past achievements in the country's war, spare the minister's life!"

Gao Xi saw that Shi Wansui had confessed his guilt, and immediately spoke: "Your Majesty, although Shi Wansui's actions are a capital crime, but after all, he is superior to others, when marching and fighting, every time he takes the lead, he is willing to share with the soldiers when he has benefits, even this time he took bribes privately, and the gold was not swallowed alone, but most of it was given to the soldiers, so the soldiers are also willing to serve him, although the ancient famous generals are nothing more than that." Now the country still needs talents to fight in all directions, and please ask Your Majesty to give him an extrajudicial mercy and spare his life!"

Gao Xi said, swinging forward, kneeling down, Su Wei also followed by kneeling and pleading, Wang Shichong and Zhang Xutuo hurriedly knelt down, and Yang Su reluctantly knelt down, and Shi Wansui kept making intimate contact with the ground all the time, and his forehead was bleeding.

Yang Jian sat back in his chair, his anger receded slightly, but he still gasped hatefully, he couldn't speak for a while, and after a while, he sighed: "Alas, forget it, although Shi Wansui is hateful, he has already killed Yu Qingze, and killing the general again is indeed not good for the country.

Shi Wansui let out a sigh, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said in a low voice: "Thank you for your grace not to kill!" He stood up, glanced at Wang Shichong and Zhang Xutuo, a trace of confusion flashed in his eyes, shook his head, and withdrew from the Liangyi Palace.

Today, Wang Shichong has always felt very strange, he thought that Yang Jian would ask him in public about Shi Wansui accepting money and accepting bribes, but the result was completely useless, Shi Wansui was so frightened that he confessed his guilt, probably because these important ministers and generals all knew the power of Yang Jian's intelligence network, and Shi Wansui originally had a ghost in his heart, seeing that he and Zhang Xutuo were here, he must have thought that these two had already recruited the arch, so he didn't dare to defend himself at all, so in this way, with Zhang Xutuo to share his own pressure, Presumably, Shi Wansui will not hate himself much, and the possibility that he is most worried about turning against the Guan Long General Group because of this matter no longer exists.

Wang Shichong thought of this, and also made a salute, ready to retreat with Zhang Xutuo, accompanied by Jun like a tiger, although Wang Shichong only saw Yang Jian twice, but he had a deep understanding and experience of this, and now he suddenly admired Gao Xi and Yang Su, these important ministers who are with Yang Jian all day long, they have to be careful every day, if they are wrong in one sentence, maybe it is the disaster of killing, if it wasn't for Gao Xi's intercession just now, maybe Shi Wansui's head would have moved at this time.

Yang Jian suddenly spoke: "Outside the king, Zhang Yitong, you don't have to step back in a hurry, I still have something to ask you." ”

A trace of doubt flashed in Wang Shichong's heart, but he still restrained his steps and stood with Zhang Xutuo, who also had a slight change in face.

Yang Jian's emotions seemed to have completely calmed down, and he said to Wang Shichong: "Wang Yuanwai, I heard that you have studied the past and the present, and you know all the countries and ethnic groups around my Great Sui, is it true?" ”

Wang Shichong's face flashed a hint of pride, this is indeed his strength, in his spare time, he studied the neighbors around the Sui Dynasty, because these may be the objects of meritorious service, especially in the past two years in the Ministry of War, but also relying on first-hand military information, the situation of the countries within the sight of the Sui Dynasty is clear, this time I heard Yang Jian take the initiative to ask, arched his hand and said: "I don't dare to say that I know everything, but I know a little bit about the situation of each country." ”

Yang Jian smiled: "Okay, then please ask Wang Yuanwai to tell me what you know about Goguryeo." As he spoke, with a wave of his hand, the prepared chamberlain lifted a three-foot-wide, one-person-high large military map shelf, on which hung the geographical map of the mountains and rivers of the Great Sui, Wang Shichong saw that outside Youzhou in the northeast, the area of Goguryeo was highlighted in red, obviously Yang Jian was prepared, and it seemed that the next object to move was this Goguryeo.

Wang Shichong took a deep breath and quickly recalled in his mind the history of Goguryeo that he knew, and when he read history, he often dreamed of nights, under the oil lamp, he was full of emotion about the history of this small power in the northeast, and he slowly opened his mouth, starting from the mythical era of Goguryeo. (To be continued......)